encourage
Example Sentences
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But he feared the problem could get worse if the night-time parking ban was enforced in the car park, as it could encourage more visitors to park up on his street instead.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
That law was designed to encourage presidents to turn over their records to the federal government.
From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026
“We were trying to think of a structure for an event that would be a low lift for an author and also encourage potential new readers of an author to join,” Dockser explained.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
That, she said, will encourage other leadership teams to “come back to their companies and be like, ‘We have to do huge layoffs.’”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
It's always been the little things that encourage me.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
Vocabulary lists containing encourage
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